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| The quest for legacy in later life | | Author(s) | Joel S Savishinsky |
| Journal title | Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 2006, vol 4, no 4, 2006 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, PA, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 75-92 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Annotation | Anthropological fieldwork among retirees in a rural New York community revealed that a common feature in people's search for meaning was their effort to create a legacy. Structured interviews with 83 individuals to date have focused on collecting not just life-history materials, but people's "moral biographies"; that is, their accounts of the major ehtical decisions they have faced in life. The results varied, and included innovative programmes, the moral lessons of personal experience, and creative works. New retirees also cared about who would succeed them, either in their former positions, or by carrying on the work, stories, or sensibilities they had forged. Ethnographic vignettes relate these twin themes of legacy and succession to American ideas about debts, personal identity, and moral obligation. These stories are also compared with the way legacies are constructed in other societies. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101125204 A |
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